ClamAV antivirus for centos 7 | Install and configure clamAV Antivirus on Centos 2023

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ClamAV is an open-source antivirus software that is commonly used on Linux systems to scan for viruses and malware.

It is also available on CentOS 7, and in this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing and configuring ClamAV.

00:08 : Overview
00:24 : Install ClamAV on centOS
00:38 : Update ClamAV
00:57 : Configure ClamAV
01:27 : Scan for viruses

Used Commands:

1. To install ClamAV on CentOS 7, you can use the yum package manager by running the following command:

sudo yum install clamav clamav-update

This will install both ClamAV and the ClamAV update tool.

2. To download the latest virus definitions and update ClamAV:

sudo freshclam

3. If you want to scan the entire system, you can add the following line to the configuration file:

ScanAllFiles yes

4. To scan a specific file or directory, run the following command:

sudo clamscan -r /path/to/file_or_directory

5. If you want to scan the entire system, you can run the following command:

sudo clamscan -r /

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